Simon Pegg to play Scotty in Star Trek

Wow. The cast for the upcoming movie Star Trek just keeps on getting more and more interesting. With Zachary Quinto ("Heroes") already playing Spock and rumors flying about a relative unknown playing Kirk, the latest announcement is that Simon Pegg, who is most certainly at the peak of his career right now with Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, has been cast as Scotty.

What do I think of all this? I think it could work. Pegg will be a good balance between seriousness and comic relief; I'd expect something sort of along the lines of what we saw of him in Mission: Impossible 3 - he warns of the worst but cracks jokes at the same time.

Will Trekkies be happy with this? I guess I need to Google it to find out...

Star Trek: TNG The Complete Series Box Set

All you Trekkies out there, get ready: I just found out that Star Trek: The Next Generation is being delivered on October 2nd in its entirety, plus lots of special features. Of course, if you're a Trekkie, you 1) probably already knew about this release decades in advance, 2) already own each individual season box set and 3) have saved up your allowance to buy the same episodes again anyway.

I'm a fan, but perhaps not that much of a fan to spend $440 USD for 176 episodes of a television show, and unfortunately, Paramount isn't even doing review copies for the release (surprise, surprise).

Still, Star Trek: TNG The Complete Series DVD Box Set looks like it has plenty of special features to lure salivating Star Trek fans in for the kill:

Season 1: 7 discs/25 episodes
Special features:
o The Beginning
o Selected Crew Analysis
o The Making of a Legend
o Memorable Missions

Season 2: 6 discs/22 episodes
Special features:
o Mission Overview Year Two
o Selected Crew Analysis
o Starfleet Archives
o Departmental Analysis
o Memorable Missions
o Profile: Penny Juday

Season 3: 7 discs/26 episodes
Special features:
o Mission Overview
o Selected Crew Analysis
o Departmental Briefing: Production
o Departmental Briefing: Memorable Missions

Season 4: 7 discs/26 episodes
Special features:
o Mission Overview
o Selected Crew Analysis
o Departmental Briefing: Production
o New Life and New Civilizations
o Chronicles from the Final Frontier

Season 5: 7 discs/26 episodes
Special features:
o Mission Overview Year Five
o Select Crew Analysis: Year Five
o Departmental Briefing: Production
o Departmental Briefing: Visual Effects
o Departmental Briefing: Set Decoration
o Memorable Missions
o A Tribute to Gene Roddenberry

Season 6: 7 discs/26 episodes
Special features:
o Mission Overview
o Bold New Directions
o Departmental Briefing: Production
o Departmental Briefing Profile: Dan Curry
o Special Crew Profile: Lt. Cmdr. Data
o Star Trek Nemesis trailer
o Star Trek: Deep Space Nine trailer

Season 7: 7 discs/25 episodes
Special features:
o Mission Overview
o A Captain’s Tribute
o Departmental Briefing: Production
o Starfleet Moments and Memories
o The Making of “All Good Things…”
o Star Trek: Deep Space Nine DVD preview

Special Features Disc:
o The Next Generation’s Impact: 20 Years Later
o The Next Generation’s Legacy: 2007
o Star Trek Visual Effects Magic: A Roundtable Discussion
o Select Historical Data 1
o Inside The Star Trek Archive
o Intergalactic Guest Stars
o Alien Speak
o Select Historical Data 2
o Inside Starfleet Academy Archives: Sets and Props
o Special Profiles
o Dressing The Future